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The Road To Guantanamo

2006

Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross

Riz Ahmed, Farhad Harun, Waqar Siddiqui, Arfan Usman ...

6.9

4,701

Drama In September 2001, the mother of Pakistani Asif Iqbal returns to Tripton in England. She has found a bride for his son in a village not far from Faisalabad. A few days later, Asif goes to the Punjab to meet the woman he is to marry. In need of witnesses for the marriage, he calls his friends Ruhel, Shafiq and Monir in England to invite them to the wedding. The four young men meet in Karachi, where they attend a mosque with Shafiq’s ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"The facts on which 'The Road to Guantánamo' is based are horrifying, and in its most effective moments it provokes strong feelings of helplessness and dread"	POS
United States	Deborah Young Variety	"Powerfully co-directed by Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross, the film has a winning combo of excitement and topicality that should get it rolling through int'l theaters."	POS
United Kingdom	Jonathan Romney Screendaily	"The result is ferociously involving, though the film itself may ultimately be overshadowed by the media debate that it is clearly designed to provoke"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"The film is compelling to the extent that the subject is, but also unimaginative and unsurprising"	NEU
United States	Dana Stevens Slate	"It turns an abstract debate about human rights and the Geneva Conventions into a visceral experience of lived injustice"	POS
United States	Jeremiah Kipp Slant	"Unfortunately, it’s highly unlikely most viewers will engage with the international crisis at hand (...) [But it] encourages action (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Anna Richards Radio Times	"A devastating piece of reportage that provokes shame and indignation in equal measure (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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